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cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/42004497

It’s also likely to backfire on the religious right. They better hope that the kids skip the assigned reading, much less actual discussion and debate about it in class. As many an ex-evangelical can tell you, direct exposure to what the Bible actually says is often the first step to walking away from Christian fundamentalism altogether.

There’s a reason conservative Christians prefer quoting solitary Bible verses out of context: Not only does this allow them to twist the meaning for their own personal or political ends, but it also makes it much easier to avoid the critical thinking that engaging with longer passages can provoke. On my YouTube show “Standing Room Only,” the scholar and former evangelical Brad Onishi pointed to 2 Chronicles 7:20, a passage Christian nationalists often deploy to argue that America is meant to be a Christian nation by relying on the verse’s violent implications of God promising to “pluck” the unbelievers “up by the roots out of my land.” The larger context reveals that this story is about the ancient king Solomon, and it has nothing to do with the modern nation-state, much less one on a continent unknown to the writers of the Bible.

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[–] artyom@piefed.social 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Teachers probably have enough to deal with without irate parents screaming at them.

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Parents already scream at them over nothing. I think they would enjoy doing something to actually earn it for once. Especially by complying with this stupid law.

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I think you underestimate the level of bullshit that they already deal with.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And the stupidity of Americans, which is exemplified by the stupidity of Texans

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

give me an Amen!